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Ecology and Society, 2017 Pastoralism and predation are two major concomitantly known facts and matters of concern for conservation biologists worldwide. Pastoralist-predator conflict constitutes a major social-ecological concern in the Pamir mountain range encompassing ...
Jaffar Ud. Din +6 more
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Monitoring illegal trade in snow leopards: 2003–2014
Global Ecology and Conservation, 2018 Illegal trade in snow leopards (Panthera uncia) has been identified as one of the major threats to long-term survival of the species in the wild.
Aishwarya Maheshwari +1 more
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Using species distribution modelling to guide survey efforts of the snow leopard (Panthera uncia) in the Central Kyrgyz Ala-Too region [PDF]
Theriologia Ukrainica, 2019 Listed as Vulnerable (IUCN 2017), the snow leopard is declining across much of its present range. One of major reasons for the snow leopard population decline in the last two decades is a reduction in large prey species that are the cornerstone of the ...
Volodymyr Tytar +2 more
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A pattern of livestock depredation by snow leopard to the yak herding pastoralist in western Bhutan
Pastoralism, 2022 The pastoralists co-exist with wild predators and livestock depredation by predators causes an immense impact on the livelihood of the herders and instigates a negative attitude towards the conservation of these wild predators.
Phub Dorji, Reta Bahadur Powrel
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Oryx, 1979 Snow leopards are shy and nocturnal, inhabiting high and difficult mountain country. Nevertheless the author, who spent two months in the winter of 1976–77 in the Langu Valley in the Nepalese Himalaya, is convinced that numbers are declining due to over-hunting, a decline in their natural prey, and the increased use of alpine pastures by man and his ...
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What are snow leopards really eating? Identifying bias in food‐habit studies
Wildlife Society Bulletin, 2016 Declining prey populations are widely recognized as a primary threat to snow leopard (Panthera uncia) populations throughout their range. Effective snow leopard conservation will depend upon reliable knowledge of food habits.
Sarah R. Weiskopf +2 more
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PLoS ONE, 2021 The endangered snow leopard Panthera uncia occurs in human use landscapes in the mountains of South and Central Asia. Conservationists generally agree that snow leopards must be conserved through a land-sharing approach, rather than land-sparing in the ...
Rishi Kumar Sharma +5 more
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Grassland Research, EarlyView.Grassland functional zoning and spatial optimization scheme on the Qinghai–Xizang Plateau. Based on multifunctionality assessment, the scheme proposes allocating 32% of regional grassland as nature reserve grasslands (biodiversity focus), 63% as livestock grazing grasslands (smart ecological–production management), and 5% as cultivated grasslands (high‐
Chunhui Zhang +5 more
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Modeling the Distribution and Environmental Preferences of the Ladakh Urial in the Arid Himalayas
Ecology and EvolutionMountains play a crucial role in shaping the climate of an area and subsequently, the environments and species that are suited to those particular conditions.
Jeremy Roy Lambe +2 more
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Mountains Without Borders: Scaling up Conservation Success for Snow Leopards
Integrative Conservation, EarlyView.This special issue assembles pioneering research addressing three critical and interconnected challenges: establishing where viable populations persist at range edges, advancing methods to monitor this cryptic species and its prey effectively, and evaluating whether landscapes remain connected across political boundaries.
Juan Li, Lingyun Xiao
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